1942 Bernard W. Robinson
became the first black ensign in the U.S. Navy.1942 Film critic Roger Ebert was born.1942 Musician Paul McCartney was born.

1948 Columbia Records
publicly unveiled its new long-playing phonograph record,
the 33-1/3, in New York City.1948 The United Nations Commission on
Human Rights adopted an International Declaration of
Human Rights and a "Draft Declaration of Human
Rights."

1959 Actress Ethel
Barrymore died.

1968 The U.S. Supreme
Court banned racial discrimination in the sale and rental
of housing.

1976 Singer Blake
Shelton was born.

1977 The Space Shuttle
test model Enterprise carried a crew aloft for
the first time, while fixed to a modified Boeing 747.